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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
¶ 21 · 55 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنَ العُقُولِ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ مِنَ النُّفُوسِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ أَيْ أَهْلَ الغَيْبِ المُكْتَنِفِينَ خَلْفَ الحُجُبِ الظُّلْمَانِيَّةِ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا أَي هَلاَكًا فَلَا يَعْرِفُونَ نُفُوسَهُمْ لِشُهُودِهِمْ وَجْهَ الحَقِّ دُونَهُمْ فِي المُحَمَّدِيِّينَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ وَالتَّبَارُ الهَلاَكُ وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقِفَ عَلَى أَسْرَارِ نُوحٍ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالرُّقِيِّ فِي فَلَكِ يُوحٍ وَهُوَ فِي التَّنَزُّلَاتُ المَوصِلِيَّةِ لَنَا
"And for the believers" [Q 71:28], that is, among the intellects, "and the believing women" [Q 71:28], that is, among the souls. "And do not increase the wrongdoers" [Q 71:28]: [ẓālimīn taken] from "darknesses" (ẓulumāt), that is, the folk of the unseen who are enveloped behind the veils of darkness, "except in ruin" [Q 71:28], that is, in perishing. So they do not know their own selves, because they witness the face of the Real to the exclusion of themselves. Among the Muḥammadans [this is expressed as]: "Everything is perishing except His face" [Q 28:88]; and tabār is perishing. Whoever wishes to become acquainted with the mysteries of Noah, let him ascend into the sphere of Yūḥ, and it is in our [book] al-Tanazzulāt al-Mawṣiliyya (The Mosul Descents).
Words 1–6 · 3 of 7
وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنَ العُقُولِ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ مِنَ النُّفُوسِal-Qāshānī
﴿وللمؤمنين من العقول والمؤمنات من النفوس﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿"وللمؤمنين" من العقول "والمؤمنات" من النفوس﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿"وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ " من العقول﴾
Words 5–16 · 1 of 7
مِنَ النُّفُوسِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ أَيْ أَهْلَ الغَيْبِ المُكْتَنِفِينَ خَلْفَOnly al-Tilimsānī comments here.
al-Tilimsānī
﴿من النفوس. ولا تريد الظالمين من الظلمات أهل الغيب المكتنفین خلف الحجب الظلمانية. إل … (نوح: 28) أي هلاكا، فلا يعرفون نفوسهم لشهودهم وجه الحق دونهم وفي المحمديين.﴾
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Words 10–18 · 4 of 7
مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ أَيْ أَهْلَ الغَيْبِ المُكْتَنِفِينَ خَلْفَ الحُجُبِ الظُّلْمَانِيَّةِal-Jandī
﴿من الظلمات أهل الغيب المكتنفين خلف الحجب الظلمانيّة﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿من الظلمات﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿من الظلمات : أهل الغيب ، المكتنفين خلف الحجب الظلمانيّة﴾
Jāmī
﴿من الظلمات﴾
Words 13–18 · 2 of 7
أَهْلَ الغَيْبِ المُكْتَنِفِينَ خَلْفَ الحُجُبِ الظُّلْمَانِيَّةِal-Qayṣarī
﴿أهل الغيب المكتنفين خلف الحجب الظلمانية﴾
Jāmī
﴿أهل الغيب﴾
Words 15–20 · 2 of 7
المُكْتَنِفِينَ خَلْفَ الحُجُبِ الظُّلْمَانِيَّةِ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢاJāmī
﴿خلف الحجب الظلمانية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿المكتشفين خلف الحجب الظلمانية "إلا تبارا"﴾
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Words 20–29 · 1 of 7
تَبَارًۢا أَي هَلاَكًا فَلَا يَعْرِفُونَ نُفُوسَهُمْ لِشُهُودِهِمْ وَجْهَ الحَقِّ دُونَهُمْOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿" إِلَّا تَباراً " [ 71 / 28 ] أي هلاكا ، فلا يعرفون نفوسهم لشهودهم وجه الحقّ﴾
Words 24–30 · 4 of 7
يَعْرِفُونَ نُفُوسَهُمْ لِشُهُودِهِمْ وَجْهَ الحَقِّ دُونَهُمْ فِيal-Qāshānī
﴿فلا يعرفون نفوسهم لشهودهم وجه الحق دونهم﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فلا يعرفون نفوسهم لشهودهم وجه الحق دونهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿فلا يعرفون﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلا يعرفون نفوسهم لشهودهم وجه الحق دونهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿لشهودهم وجه الحق﴾
Words 31–41 · 4 of 7
المُحَمَّدِيِّينَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ وَالتَّبَارُ الهَلاَكُ وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْal-Qāshānī
﴿في المحمديين " كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَه " والتبار : الهلاك﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿في المحمديين:"كل شئ هالك إلا وجهه" وذاته. و "التبار" الهلاك.﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿في المحمّديين … " كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَه ُ"﴾
Jāmī
﴿في المحمديين … "كل شيء هالك إلا وجهه" و التبار : الهلاك﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿كل شئ هالك إلا وجهه﴾
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Words 37–61 · 1 of 7
وَالتَّبَارُ الهَلاَكُ وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقِفَ عَلَى أَسْرَارِ نُوحٍ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالرُّقِيِّ فِي فَلَكِ يُوحٍ …Only al-Tilimsānī comments here.
al-Tilimsānī
﴿(القصص: 88) والتبار الهلاك. ومن أراد أن يقف على أسرار نوح فعليه بالترقي في فلك يوح، وهو في التنزلات الموصلية لنا والله يقول الحق. قلت: قوله،﴾
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Words 40–56 · 5 of 7
أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقِفَ عَلَى أَسْرَارِ نُوحٍ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالرُّقِيِّ فِي فَلَكِ يُوحٍ وَهُوَ فِي التَّنَزُّلَاتُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ومن أراد أن يقف على أسرار نوح فعليه بالترقى في فلك نوح ، وهو في التنزلات الموصلية لنا﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿ومن أراد أن يقف على أسرار نوح، فعليه بالترقي في فلك يوح﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ومن أراد أن يقف على أسرار نوح﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومن أراد أن يقف على أسرار نوح﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ومن أراد أن يقف بتمامه على أسرار نوح عليه السلام فعليه بالترقي في فلك نوح﴾
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Words 47–52 · 2 of 7
بِالرُّقِيِّ فِي فَلَكِ يُوحٍ وَهُوَ فِيIbn Turka
﴿فعليه بالرقي في فلك نوح﴾
Jāmī
﴿فعليه بالرقاء في فلك يوح وهو﴾
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Words 52–57 · 3 of 7
فِي التَّنَزُّلَاتُ المَوصِلِيَّةِ لَنَاal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو في التنزلات الموصلية لنا، والسلام﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وهو في التنزّلات الموصليّة لنا - والسّلام﴾
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Jāmī
﴿في كتاب التنزلات الموصلية لنا﴾
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Sources: where each commentator's text comes from
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī (d. 730/1330), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Muʾayyad al-Dīn al-Jandī (d. c. 691/1291), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī (d. 751/1350), Maṭlaʿ khuṣūṣ al-kilam fī maʿānī Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
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- ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī (d. 690/1291), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Ṣāʾin al-Dīn Ibn Turka (d. 835/1432), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Muṣṭafā b. Sulaymān Bālī Zāde (d. 1073/1663), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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